135. A Common Crime (Un crimen común); movie review
A COMMON CRIME (UN CRIMEN COMÚN)
Cert 12
96 mins
BBFC advice: Contains moderate supernatural threat
Argentinian cinema tends towards gentle potency if the movies I have seen over the past ten years are an accurate barometer.
A Common Crime has a few scares but it builds its tension slowly and is quite different to conventional thrillers.
Francisco Márquez's film centres on Cecilia (Elisa Carricajo) - university sociology professor who is raising her young son (Ciro Coien Pardo) alone.
The movie gets off to a slow start, focusing on the daily routine of the plain-speaking lecturer with a resting smile and a penchant for summer dresses - a respected figure at work and consistently overcooking meals at home.
Her tranquillity is broken on a dark stormy night when there is a furious rapping at her front door,
She snatches a glance through the blinds able to see a familiar but frightening figure.
The following day a tragedy emerges and causes her to be haunted to the point of a breakdown.
Indeed, there is a sense of foreboding as she tiptoes around her house, fearing danger lurking around every corner.
Cecilia is an unusual central figure - a quietly ambitious woman who is torn between idealism and the fear of taking action.
There is also a sense of her being uncomfortable among those of what she secretly believes are lower-class people.
Carricajo excels in the lead role, very subtly reflecting how her character goes from being in control to losing her mind and her respect for herself.
A Common Crime reflects on what happens if we ignore injustice and inequality in society and is a very sobering verdict on Argentina's police.
It is certainly worth watching.
Reasons to watch: Its compelling tension
Reasons to avoid: Probably builds up too slowly for some
Laughs: None
Jumps: Three
Vomit: None
Nudity: None
Overall rating: 7.5/10
Did you know? According to Correpi data, in 2019 the Argentine State murdered one person every 19 hours. More than 85% were in a dungeon or simply walking through a neighbourhood. Half were under the age of 25 and the vast majority were undoubtedly poor.
The final word. Francisco Márquez: "It is not a thesis. So I don't think the movie has a message. Rather, the film leaves a void that must be filled. That task is no longer of the film but of the debates that, hopefully, it enables. " Otros Cines
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